Glacier Kwong

Glacier Kwong
Kwong in 2021
Born (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28)
Hong Kong [1]
EducationUniversity of Hong Kong
University of Hamburg
Occupation(s)Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄺頌晴
Simplified Chinese邝颂晴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKuàng Sòngqíng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingkwong3 zung6 cing4

Glacier Chung Ching Kwong (Chinese: 鄺頌晴, born 11 July 1996) is a political activist from Hong Kong. She is a PhD candidate in law at the University of Hamburg. She is also currently the Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator at Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. She was previously the Digital Rights Research Fellow at Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), a leading organization for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and Hong Kongers overseas led by fellow activist Samuel Chu. Back in the days in Hong Kong, she was the spokesperson of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Keyboard Frontline, monitoring privacy abuses and censorship on the web.[2][3]

Following the enactment of the Hong Kong national security law in 2020, Kwong is living in self-imposed exile in Germany. She is now located in London.

  1. ^ "Voices of Exile: Glacier Kwong", hongkong-diaries.com. Accessed December 9, 2021.
  2. ^ 湯惠芸 (March 4, 2016). "香港網絡23條不獲通過". Voice of America; Cantonese (in Cantonese). Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Kwong, Glacier (February 26, 2015). "'Too terrified to travel': A new normal for Hong Kong's 'Occupy Generation'?". CNN. Retrieved September 11, 2019.